Question

【題目】Candogsandcatsliveinperfectharmonyinthesamehome？Peoplewhoarethinkingaboutadoptingadogasafriendfortheircatsareworriedthattheywillfight．Arecentresearchhasfoundanewrecipeofsuccess．Accordingtothestudy，ifthecatisadoptedbeforethedog，andiftheyareintroducedwhenstillyoung（lessthan6monthsforcats，ayearfordogs），itishighlyprobablethatthetwopetswillgetalong．Two-thirdsofthehomesinterviewedreportedapositiverelationshipbetweentheircatanddog．

However，itwasn’tallsweetnessandlight．Therewasareportedcoldnessbetweenthecatanddogin25%ofthehomes，whileaggressionandfightingwereobservedin10%ofthehomes．Onereasonforthisisprobablythatsomeoftheirbodysignalswerejustopposite．Forexample，whenacatturnsitsheadawayitsignalsaggression，whileadogdoingthesamesignalssubmission．

Inhomeswithcatsanddogslivingpeacefully，researchersobservedasurprisingbehaviour．Theyarelearninghowtotalkeachother’slanguage．Itisasurprisethatcatscanlearnhowtotalk’dog’，anddogscanlearnhowtotalk’Cat’．

What’sinterestingisthatbothcatsanddogshaveappearedtodeveloptheirintelligence．Theycanlearntoreadeachother’sbodysignals，suggestingthatthetwomayhavemoreincommonthanwepreviouslysuspected．Oncefamiliarwitheachother’spresenceandbodylanguage，catsanddogscanplaytogether，greeteachothernosetonose，andenjoysleepingtogetherinthesofa．Theycaneasilysharethesamewaterbowlandinsomecasesgroom（梳理）eachother．

Thesignificanceofthisresearchoncatsanddogsmaygobeyondpets–topeoplewhodon’tgetalong，includingneighbors，colleaguesatwork，andevenworldsuperpowers．Ifcatsanddogscanlearntogetalong，surelypeoplehaveagoodchance．

【1】Theunderlinedwordswimminglyinparagraph1isclosestinmeaningto________．

A. early B. Sweetly

C. quickly D. smoothly

【2】Somecatsanddogsmayfightwhen________．

A. theyarecoldtoeachother

B. theylookawayfromeachother

C. theymisunderstandeachother’ssignals

D. theyareintroducedatanearlyage

【3】Whatisfoundsurprisingaboutcatsanddogs？________

A. Theyeatandsleeptogether

B. Theyobserveeachothersbehaviors

C. Theylearntospeakeachother’slanguage

D. Theyknowsomethingfromeachother’svoice

【4】Whatcanwehumanbeingslearnfromcatsanddogs？________

A. Weshouldlearntoliveinharmony

B. Weshouldknowsmoreaboutanimals

C. Weshouldliveinpeacewithanimals

D. Weshouldlearnmorebodylanguages．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，說(shuō)明了狗和貓可以和平相處，它們相互學(xué)習(xí)、理解自己的語(yǔ)言，通過(guò)這篇文章，人們也應(yīng)該和平相處，積極打造和平世界

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。由第一段最后一句Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog三分之二的受訪家庭表示他們的貓和狗之間存在積極的關(guān)系。可以推出劃線詞的意思是“順利地”，故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)題。由第二段第三行reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite可知，有些貓和狗可能會(huì)因?yàn)檎`解彼此的信號(hào)而打架。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)題。由第二段最后一句They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk ‘Dog’, and dogs can learn how to talk ‘Cat’可知，他們學(xué)會(huì)說(shuō)對(duì)方的語(yǔ)言。故選C。

【4】推理題。由最后一段最后一句If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance和第一段第一句Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home?可知，我們應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)和諧相處。故選A。

做詞義猜測(cè)題時(shí)，切不可脫離語(yǔ)境想當(dāng)然。在句子或段落中，我們可以利用熟悉的詞語(yǔ)，根據(jù)語(yǔ)言環(huán)境所表示的關(guān)系推斷生詞詞義。本題第1小題，由第一段最后一句Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog三分之二的受訪家庭表示他們的貓和狗之間存在積極的關(guān)系。可以推出劃線詞的意思是“順利地”。